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Bournonite

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Bournonite

Classic Locality

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Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18.4 × 11.3 × 4 cm
Description

This is a very rare, large example of bournonite from this closed, classic Greek locality. The piece is large plate with dozens of bournonite crystals, associated with calcite, quartz and pyrite. Such old pieces are entirely gone from the market since a couple decades but I had the luck of acquiring this one from a private collection, about 2 years ago.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bournonite

Formula: 
PbCuSbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.50
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Boys (Trewetha Mine; Old Trewetha Mine), Port Isaac, St Endellion, Wadebridge District, Cornwall, England, UK

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